DMs
topic on 5 shows · 6 statements across 5 episodes
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Lenny's Podcast 
the Neon Show 
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6 statements about DMs, every show
Vijayan: Tekion built remote car selling DMS feature in eight weeks
“My team developed literally in like, you know, somewhere around like six weeks, six to eight weeks. So they developed the product from the platform no other DMS had. From the platform you can sell car remotely.”
Stein: Instagram sharing shifted from public feeds to Stories and DMs
“You know, certainly in Instagram, there's been a big shift over the years of sharing into public, very large broadcast posts and feed into these more lightweight formats, like stories and DM, actually private sharing as well.”
David Park: DMs yield significantly higher response rates than email for influencer outreach
“Depending on which target demographic we're going after, like DMs has a vastly higher response rate. But really, you should be sending both.”
Dave Morin: Threads' Biggest Problem Is Lacking Native Direct Messaging
“I think their biggest problem is they need DMS, you know, like this whole, like punt me back over to Instagram to do my DMS is just like, not right.”
Instagram Users Share More Media in DMs Than Feed or Stories
“If you take out all the text, there are more photos and videos shared in DMs than there are shared in stories. And there's way more shared in stories than there is in feed.”